Posted by Peter H on November 11, 2002 at 14:30:35 from 213.122.89.170 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: Naming a yacht - continued-duh... posted by Ed Kiser on November 11, 2002 at 00:50:27:
Thanks Ed. However, I note your usage of 'duh' as meaning pointless or futile, or maybe 'dumb', have I got that right?. I have now been told that in the UK 'duh' is used mainly by children as meaning 'dim' or 'thick'. (This is what I have been told, and it may be wrong. I don't want to be hauled up again for being 'all-encompassing'.)
I am also told that 'duh' does not rhyme with 'huh', so it is not pronounced like the French 'deux'. Is it 'doo'? Where does it come from?
Who thinks up words, or sounds, like 'duh' and 'huh'?
As someone interested in language (as Ransome was, presumably) I am a bit dismayed by the increase of monosyllabic grunts into the language -
'Duh!' 'Huh?' Uh-uh.